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Frugal, Economy JLPT N1
10 strokes · school grade 8 · frequency rank #2479
Meaning
Frugal, Economy, Thrifty
Readings
On’yomiケン ken
Kun’yomiつま.しい tsumashii、つづまやか tsuzumayaka
Radical
Components
- 亻 (radical)
- 㑒
Example sentences
- 彼はひかえめに言っても、倹約家だ。He is frugal, to say the least of it.
- 彼は控え目に言っても倹約家。He is frugal, to say the least of it.
- 倹約なんて私の性質上できないことだ。Thrift is alien to my nature.
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